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Volunteers in Full Force on 3rd Annual Earth Day on Chester Creek
Date: 04-19-2008
Chester
Despite a Hillary Clinton rally in West Chester a mere two blocks away, the 3rd Annual Chester Creek Cleanup drew 187 volunteers were out in full force at five locations in the West Chester Area. In the Borough itself, 83 volunteers, including Borough residents and West Chester University faculty and students, removed 2 tons of trash from along the Goose Creek corridor. Eight employees of Sartomer Company also cleaned their section of Goose Creek. In West Goshen, 50 volunteers filled 3/4 of a 40 cubic yard dumpster ( 2,600 pounds) from the uppermost reaches of Goose Creek. In East Goshen, 33 volunteers, including 19 members of the Church of Christ of Philadelphia, based in Aston, planted 78 trees at the Reservoir Road Restoration site. In Westtown, Friends of Oakbourne had their annual Arbor Day planting in Oakbourne Park.
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CRC Awards Dinner Photo
Date: 11-01-2007
No Specific Creek / General
CRC Honors Aqua’s Craig Marleton and NLT’s Peter Williamson at Annual Dinner
Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association ( CRC) honored Craig Marleton, Aqua’s Environmental Specialist for the Brandywine, Neshaminy, Chester, Ridley, and Crum Creek Watersheds, and Peter Williamson, Vice President of Conservation Services for Natural Lands Trust, as the 2007 Award Recipients. The awards were presented at CRC’s Third Annual Dinner held on November 1, 2007 at the Edgmont Country Club. Craig and Peter were each honored as “a person who has made a significant contribution to the protection of CRC’s watersheds.”
In his tribute to Craig Marleton, Aqua VP Preston Luitweiler outlined Craig’s many accomplishments and explained how Craig has often been a very capable first responder to threats to local water supplies, including spills, overflowing sewer manhole covers, illicit discharges, or excessive algae on the reservoir. The award was presented by CRC’s Executive Director, Anne Murphy, who gave examples of how Craig has worked with CRC to improve protection of source water.
In her tribute to Peter Williamson, NLT’s President Molly Morrison called Peter “one of the most effective conservationists I know” and outlined Peter’s many accomplishments in conservation and land preservation in the region. CRC President Judith Auten commended Peter’s work with CRC on the Media Wetlands, authoring the Chester Creek and Ridley Creek Conservation Plans, and most recently obtaining a $1 Million grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources towards the acquisition of the Mineral Hill property along Ridley Creek in Middletown Township.
Craig and Peter also received citations from State Senator Andrew Dinniman and State Representative Barb Mc Ilvain Smith commending their outstanding service to the State of Pennsylvania.
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CRC, TU , RCSP, Lyondell Partner on Sycamore Mills Floodplain Forest Restoration
Date: 05-21-2007
Ridley
CRC and Delco Manning Trout Unlimited have announced a new partnership with Ridley Creek State Park to rid a 15 acre floodplain with wetlands along Ridley Creek of Japanese knotweed and other invasives, and to re-establish the historical floodplain forest and wetland plants. The site is the section of the Park which begins below the Barren Rd bridge, and lies almost wholly in the 100 year floodplain. On April 15th, CRC and TU volunteers cut and treated vines. On May 5th, Lyondell employees worked with CRC members planting trees along the trees in exposed canopy areas as part of this year's Global Care Day project.
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